Search Results - "Durner, GM"

Using tri-axial accelerometers to identify wild polar bear behaviors by Pagano, AM, Rode, KD, Cutting, A, Owen, MA, Jensen, S, Ware, JV, Robbins, CT, Durner, GM, Atwood, TC, Obbard, ME, Middel, KR, Thiemann, GW, Williams, TM

“…Tri-axial accelerometers have been used to remotely identify the behaviors of a wide range of taxa. Assigning behaviors to accelerometer data often involves…”
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Collar temperature sensor data reveal long-term patterns in southern Beaufort Sea polar bear den distribution on pack ice and land by Olson, J. W., Rode, K. D., Eggett, D., Smith, T. S., Wilson, R. R., Durner, G. M., Fischbach, A., Atwood, T. C., Douglas, D. C.

“…In response to a changing climate, many species alter habitat use. Polar bears Ursus maritimus in the southern Beaufort Sea have increasingly used land for…”
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Polar Bear Maternal Den Habitat in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska by Durner, George M., Amstrup, Steven C., Ambrosius, Ken J.

“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimas) give birth during mid-winter in dens of ice and snow. Denning polar bears subjected to human disturbances may abandon dens before…”
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Habitat Characteristics of Polar Bear Terrestrial Maternal Den Sites in Northern Alaska by Durner, George M., Amstrup, Steven C., Fischbach, Anthony S.

“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) give birth to and nurture their young in dens of ice and snow. During 1999-2001, we measured the structure of 22 dens on the…”
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Allocating Harvests among Polar Bear Stocks in the Beaufort Sea by Amstrup, S. C., Durner, G. M., Stirling, I., McDonald, T. L.

“…Recognition that polar bears are shared by hunters in Canada and Alaska prompted development of the "Polar Bear Management Agreement for the Southern Beaufort…”
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Spatial Ecology of Black Rat Snakes on Remington Farms, Maryland by Durner, George M., Gates, J. Edward

“…Black rat snakes (Elaphe o. obsoleta) are important predators of nesting birds and small mammals in fragmented landscapes. Thus, we used radiotelemetry to…”
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Remote Identification of Polar Bear Maternal Den Habitat in Northern Alaska by Durner, George M., Amstrup, Steven C., Ambrosius, Ken J.

“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) give birth in dens of ice and snow to protect their altricial young. During the snowfree season, we visited 25 den sites located…”
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Using the bootstrap and fast Fourier transform to estimate confidence intervals of 2D kernel densities by Kern, John W, Mcdonald, Trent L, Amstrup, Steven C, Durner, George M, Erickson, Wallace P

“…Kernel density estimators are often used to estimate the utilization distributions (UDs) of animals. Kernel UD estimates have a strong theoretical basis and…”
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Using satellite radiotelemetry data to delineate and manage wildlife populations by Amstrup, Steven C., McDonald, Trent L., Durner, George M.

“…The greatest promise of radiotelemetry always has been a better understanding of animal movements. Telemetry has helped us know when animals are active, how…”
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Caribou Distribution during the Post-Calving Period in Relation to Infrastructure in the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska by Cronin, Matthew A., Amstrup, Steven C., Durner, George M., Noel, Lynn E., McDonald, Trent L., Ballard, Warren B.

“…There is concern that caribou (Rangifer tarandus) may avoid roads and facilities (i.e., infrastructure) in the Prudhoe Bay oil field (PBOF) in northern Alaska,…”
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Movements of a Polar Bear from Northern Alaska to Northern Greenland by Durner, George M., Amstrup, Steven C.

“…Using satellite telemetry, we monitored the movements of an adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as she traveled from the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast to…”
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Mass and Body-Dimension Relationships of Polar Bears in Northern Alaska by Durner, George M., Amstrup, Steven C.

“…Models developed from morphometric parameters are useful for estimating body mass (M) of captured wild ursids. The accuracy of those models, however, may…”
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